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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown

@earlymodlancs.bsky.social

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Educator Passionate about Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Anywhere near Books, Music and Films #SurfaceStudies #Soil_Imaginaries Green Party Member Adores Snails 🐌 My personal views - not my employer's Reposts &c not endorsements

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · Jul 30

- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University

- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant

But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?

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Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

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Radareyda @radareyda.bsky.social · 4d

Black Walnut Ink
Gathered a bunch of them to make a batch of ink. It’s been years since the last batch.
You can make different shades as you boil it down. I’ve had it last over 20 years.
#ink #blackwalnutink #fromnature #differentshades #makeityourself #naturesbounty #free #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 20h

Totally

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 20h

That would be a more positive outcome than where I fear UKHEI is currently heading

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 20h

And as if no-one would make that connection. It's as if our SMT just don't care about the people - students and employees- who make a University

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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 21h

Compulsory purchase & refurbishing to provide homes for those in need is much better than building new on green spaces. Does anyone remember Ken Livingstone’s homesteading scheme in the 1980s GLC which sold empty homes to low income families at nominal prices with help for refurb?

Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 21h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Number of empty homes on the rise across England

The number of vacant properties in England is rising, causing problems for residents and councils.

www.bbc.co.uk

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 1d

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 23h

#WorldMentalHealthDay reminds us that there is no health without mental health.

In the #Gaza Strip, UNRWA health teams continue to provide psychological first aid and counselling.

In times of crisis, mental health is essential.

#UNRWAworks

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 21h

And - at least in Lancaster 's context - where's the money coming from? I'm not saying the proposed 1 in 4 redundancies are connected to this new venture but...

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 21h

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay

Reposting:
"Academic mental health is now a serious problem"

See @gsoh31.bsky.social 's excellent article below

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

"Academic mental health is now a serious problem"

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 8d

There have likely been 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.

@gsoh31.bsky.social, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes, argues that the Higher Education system as we know it is coming to an end.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h

Week in wildlife: a bumpy snailfish, a slow loris and a whistle pig

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

www.theguardian.com

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 21h

Come join us!
University entrance 1 and 2
Victoria Park entrance
Sir Bob Burgess building

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 1d

The #BBCQT audience proved what I keep saying, the 'problem' of migration is manufactured, the media hypes it up, the far-right hypes it up, social media bots hypes it up

Decent people recognise the benefits & necessity of immigration

Watch
youtu.be/A5t4-haZBW4?...

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Britain’s Immigration Panic Is Manufactured | Deputy Green Leader Mothin Ali Interview

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 1d

We have the fastest growing membership of any political party because absolutely we want to #AbolishBadThings
We stand for; a Wealth Tax, renationalisation, green jobs, clean air, clean water, fully funded NHS, fight climate change, equality, and more!
If you feel the same join.greenparty.org.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22h

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

My local Green Party ! 💚👇

North Lancashire Green Party @northlancsgreens.bsky.social · 1d

🌱 The Green Party is growing all over England and Wales. Every day a new announcement of thousands more people joining us. 💚

Here in North Lancashire we have now hit 500 members! 🎉

A huge welcome to all of you! 👐🏿👐🏻👐🏽

Real Hope Real Change. 500 Green Party members in North Lancashire. Green Party. Promoted by Anne Chapman on behalf of North Lancashire Green Party, both at at 12A Derwent Road, Lancaster, LA1 3ES

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

We can't keep up...

Yesterday we reached 90,000 members. Today we're at 95,000.

Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

That's one word for it

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

Outrageous!

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

"Lancaster University today announced it has taken a step closer to opening a new branch campus in Bengaluru, India"
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/ne....

Meanwhile,
- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University

- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 7d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 1d

"Academic mental health is now a serious problem"

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 8d

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant news out of ANU. We are watching in admiration for all you’ve achieved in pushing back collectively at management’s attempts at destruction. Lots of lessons for us in #ukhe and @ucu.org.uk

Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 2d

#Breaking | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will not face structural changes at this time. No renaming, merging, or disestablishment of areas. Change management appears to have been halted, even walked back completely. It’s unclear the impacts of this announcement on the school of music.

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 2d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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